Dirt-scraper.



No. 814,446. PATENTED MAR. 6,1906.

J. HARTER.

DIRT SGRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MARIE. 1905. r

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ATTORNEYS No. 814,446. PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

J. HARTER. DIRT SGRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MARHN. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed March 18.1905. Serial No. 250,755.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPII HARTER,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tifiin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Dirt-Sara er, of which the following is a full, clear, an exact description. I

his invention relates particularly to 1mprovements in dirt-scrapers for road and field work, the object being to provide a scraper of sim 1e and novel construction and. operating to t oroughly harrow or break up the dirt of a road or field and then smooth the same.

I will describe a. dirt-scraper embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying awings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefi ures.

Figure 1 is a plan 0 a dirt-scraper em Ody/- ing my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fi 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of a ground-breaker employed.

The frame of the machine comprises. side members 5, which .are arched upward from the ends,v these ends being connected to beams 6 7 on the front and rear portions of the frame. These front and rear beams 6 7 are in the form of angle-irons, and they are extended with diagonal relation to the frame members 5, and their ends are pro'ected considerably beyond the outer sides 0 said frame members 5. The diagonal arrangement of the front and rear bars or members is to cause a thorough breakin and scraping, with a lateral movement of t e earth.

Extended through the upwardly-projecting Web portions of the frame members 5 1s a rod 8, with which the draft-pole 9 has swinging connection. Attached to the outwardlyextended ends of the rod 8 are vertical -side members 10 of a handle-bar 11. On the out wardly-turned ends of the members 10 and below the rod 8 the supporting-wheels 12 are journaled.

As a means to su port the bars carrying the cutting devices and scraper, to be hereinafter described, considerably above the ground when it is desired to move the machine from I place to lace without operating in the ground the ban le 11 is to be swung forward, so that 'a latchhook 13 on the rear end of the pole 9 W111 engage over a flat bar 14, attached to the side members 10 of the handle mechanism. This position of parts is clearly illustrated in I To prevent the pole 9 from swinging too far upward relatively to the bar 6, the said two parts are connected by a chain 15. Attached to the forward portion of the bar 6 is a plate 16, on the lower edge of which teeth 17 are formed for cutting into or breaking the 1ground. teeth, as clearly indicated,

ave a slight vertical twist, so that the cutting edge of each tooth is slightly forward of its opposite edge, as indicated at 18, thus forming a cutter for moving the ground broken up at a slight lateral trend. Attached to the front side of the bar 7 is a scraper plate 19, the lower edge of which is curved downward and forward.

In the operation when the osition indicated in Fig. 2 t e teeth 17 will e forced slightly into the ground and turn or break the same, as before mentioned. Then the scraper-plate 19 will 0 erate to level and smooth the dirt. If found desirable in practice, the scraperlate 19 may be removed and a plate 16 su stituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A dirt-scraper comprising a frame having side bars, a cut bar and a rear bar, the said front and rear bars being arranged diagonally with relation to said side bars, a rod mounted to turn in bearings in the side bars, a handle having side bars connected to said rod, wheels pivoted to said side members, and means for holding the wheels in downward position to raise the frame and the blades carried thereby from the ground.

2. A dirt-scraper comprising a frame having side members and front and rear members, the said front and rear members being arranged diagonally with relation to the side members, breaking-teeth carried by the front member, a scraper carried by the rear member, a rod having bearingsin the side members, a tongue having swinging connection arts are in the I with said rod, a handle havim side members name to this specification in the presence of connected to said rod, wheeTs mounted on two subscribing witnesses. v

the side members below their connections with said rod, a bar connecting with the side JOSEPH HARTER' 5 members of the handle, and a hook-clip for Witnesses:

engaging with said bar. BRAYTON ORISLIP,

In testimony whereof have signed MILTON SAYLER. 

